Celebrating his 24th birthday, Frank Tanana pitched the Angels to a 6-4 victory over the Athletics. In becoming the major leagues' first 12-game winner this season, Tanana allowed only five hits and struck out 11. The Angels whacked Mike Norris for three runs in the second inning. Tony Solaita doubled and scored on a single by Willie Aikens before Gil Flores came to the plate and hit his first major league homer.

Thad Bosley doubled and Jerry Remy homered for two runs in the third. Tanana had the A's shut out on two singles until the seventh when Wayne Gross walked and Earl Williams hit for the circuit. Singles by Andy Etcheharren and Remy around a sacrifice added an Angel run in the home half of the seventh before the A's counted their final pair in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 6, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Sunday, July      3, 1977 (Day game) at Anaheim Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  2  -   4  5  4
Angels       0  3  2    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   6  9  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alexander ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Bosley cf             2   1   2   0     0   0   .455
  Picciolo ss         3   0   0   0     0   0   .180      Remy 2b               4   1   2   3     0   0   .285
Perez 2b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .260      Baylor lf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .223
Page lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .288      Solaita 1b            3   1   1   0     1   1   .221
Gross 3b              3   2   0   0     1   0   .252      Chalk 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .287
Sanguillen c          4   1   2   0     0   0   .279      Aikens dh             4   1   2   1     0   1   .259
E. Williams dh        4   1   1   3     0   2   .239      Flores rf             4   1   1   2     0   0   .270
  Murray pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .174      Mulliniks ss          4   0   0   0     0   0   .120
Armas cf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .246      Etchebarren c         4   1   1   0     0   1   .256
Jorgensen 1b          4   0   0   0     0   3   .217      Tanana p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Crawford rf           3   0   0   0     0   2   .247
Norris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Torrealba p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  P. Mitchell p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4   5   3     2  11             Totals               32   6   9   6     2   4

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 14,352
Left on Base: A's 4, Angels 6
DP: A's 0, Angels 0
Errors: Picciolo, Perez, Torrealba 2, Mulliniks
Doubles: Sanguillen (8), Solaita (6), Bosley (1)
Home Runs: E. Williams (13), Flores (1), Remy (2)
Stolen Bases: Flores (4)
Caught Stealing: Bosley (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Bosley (1)
Hit by Pitch: Bosley (1,by Norris)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norris L(2-5)           2     5   5   5   0   0   2  11   4.22
Torrealba               3     2   0   0   2   1   0  12   1.87
P. Mitchell             3     2   1   1   0   3   0  13   7.88
Totals                  8     9   6   6   2   4   2  36

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tanana W(12-5)          9     5   4   3   2  11   1  35   1.89
Totals                  9     5   4   3   2  11   1  35

Hit by Pitch: Norris (2)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Joe Brinkman


ATHLETICS 1ST: Alexander grounded out (third to first); Perez
struck out; Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: PICCIOLO REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING SS); Bosley was
hit by a pitch; Bosley was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Remy grounded out (second to first); Baylor made an
out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross popped to catcher in foul territory;
Sanguillen singled to right; E. Williams was called out on
strikes; Armas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Solaita doubled to right; Chalk flied out to right;
Aikens singled to right [Solaita scored, Aikens to second (on
throw to home)]; Flores homered [Aikens scored]; Mulliniks flied
out to center; Etchebarren grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 3.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Jorgensen struck out; Crawford was called out on
strikes; Picciolo grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 3.

ANGELS 3RD: Bosley doubled to right; Remy homered [Bosley
scored]; TORREALBA REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); Baylor flied out
to right; Solaita walked; Chalk flied out to center; Aikens
singled to right [Solaita to second]; Flores grounded out
(pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 5.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Perez walked; Page forced Perez (second to
shortstop); Gross flied out to right; Sanguillen flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 5.

ANGELS 4TH: Mulliniks flied out to left; Etchebarren flied out
to right; Bosley singled to right; Bosley was picked off first
but was safe on an error by Torrealba [Bosley to second]; Bosley
was out trying to advance to third (second to third); 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 5.

ATHLETICS 5TH: E. Williams struck out; Armas singled to left;
Jorgensen forced Armas (second unassisted); Crawford struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 5.

ANGELS 5TH: Remy grounded out (shortstop to first); Baylor
walked; Baylor was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Torrealba [Baylor to second]; Solaita grounded out (second to
first) [Baylor to third]; Chalk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 5.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Picciolo grounded out (third to first); Perez
grounded out (third to first); Page flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 5.

ANGELS 6TH: P. MITCHELL REPLACED TORREALBA (PITCHING); Aikens
grounded out (first unassisted); Flores popped to first in foul
territory; Mulliniks flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Angels 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Gross walked; Sanguillen popped to third in foul
territory; E. Williams homered [Gross scored]; Armas struck out;
Jorgensen struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Angels
5.

ANGELS 7TH: Etchebarren singled to center; Bosley out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Etchebarren to second]; Remy
singled to right [Etchebarren scored, Remy to second (on throw
to home)]; Baylor reached on an error by Perez; Solaita struck
out; Chalk flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
2, Angels 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Crawford flied out to center; Picciolo flied out
to center; Perez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Angels 6.

ANGELS 8TH: Aikens struck out; Flores reached on an error by
Picciolo; Mulliniks flied out to left; Flores stole second;
Etchebarren struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Angels 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Page singled to left; Gross forced Page (first to
shortstop); Sanguillen doubled to left [Gross to third]; E.
Williams reached on an error by Mulliniks [Gross scored,
Sanguillen scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; MURRAY RAN FOR E.
WILLIAMS; Armas grounded out (shortstop to first) [Murray to
second]; Jorgensen struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 4, Angels 6.